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I recently sold my Enermax Coolergiant 480 W PSU and got a Sparkle FSP550-60PLG , which is just one of the many Fortron FSP550 varieties.
http://www.fsusa.com/Product/FSP550-60PLG.pdf
FPS550-60PLG
I chose this one because I wanted the flexability of a single rail even though I think dual rails are terrific I think I will wait until something like a 30A x2 comes around.
If you judged a PSU by weight alone then this one would win, though I cannot fine an official weight I am sure its the heaviest PSU I have owned. And its certainly the most amount of parts Ive seen crammed into to an ATX PSU case.
Heck it even makes the PC Power and Cooling PSU look a little lean. It has a dual heatsinks one on top that is supplemented by the plate you see on top and one of the bottom which is not visible in any of my pics. The transformer is huge!
There is one pot on top that i am guessing is the +12V rail but I wont know until I try it. The other pots if there are any are not reachable without removing the top circuit board.
Anways my Coolergiant had rock solid rails but I wanted to try out something else , this PSU has rock solid rails even more so.
It was made to power dual CPU servers so it has a native 24pin connector and it does not have a 4 pin 12V mobo connector but you can find a 24>20 pin adapter and a molex> 4 pin 12V connector fairly easily.
I got mine at Excaliber PC for $76 shipped but they are out of business for now...but even at $100 I am relatively certain that this is the biggest bang for the buck @ the $100 level, maybe even well beyond that.
You gotta figure in that your buying directly from the maker if you buy an FSP or Sparkle and its totally bare bones, no lights , no nothing ..just quality parts and quality performance. They dont advertise much and they dont get alot of reviews. The vast majority of their PSU business is probably from selling rebadged and custom units for other companies.
If you buy a PC Power and Cooling or one of the many other brands that dont make their own PSUs you
are not only paying the maker but you are paying for a custom made PSU and you are paying PC Power and Cooling their cut.
One reviewer @ Newegg said "This thing is a beast". he is right and i'll add to that and say that this PSU is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
http://www.fsusa.com/Product/FSP550-60PLG.pdf
FPS550-60PLG
I chose this one because I wanted the flexability of a single rail even though I think dual rails are terrific I think I will wait until something like a 30A x2 comes around.
If you judged a PSU by weight alone then this one would win, though I cannot fine an official weight I am sure its the heaviest PSU I have owned. And its certainly the most amount of parts Ive seen crammed into to an ATX PSU case.
Heck it even makes the PC Power and Cooling PSU look a little lean. It has a dual heatsinks one on top that is supplemented by the plate you see on top and one of the bottom which is not visible in any of my pics. The transformer is huge!
There is one pot on top that i am guessing is the +12V rail but I wont know until I try it. The other pots if there are any are not reachable without removing the top circuit board.
Anways my Coolergiant had rock solid rails but I wanted to try out something else , this PSU has rock solid rails even more so.
It was made to power dual CPU servers so it has a native 24pin connector and it does not have a 4 pin 12V mobo connector but you can find a 24>20 pin adapter and a molex> 4 pin 12V connector fairly easily.
I got mine at Excaliber PC for $76 shipped but they are out of business for now...but even at $100 I am relatively certain that this is the biggest bang for the buck @ the $100 level, maybe even well beyond that.
You gotta figure in that your buying directly from the maker if you buy an FSP or Sparkle and its totally bare bones, no lights , no nothing ..just quality parts and quality performance. They dont advertise much and they dont get alot of reviews. The vast majority of their PSU business is probably from selling rebadged and custom units for other companies.
If you buy a PC Power and Cooling or one of the many other brands that dont make their own PSUs you
are not only paying the maker but you are paying for a custom made PSU and you are paying PC Power and Cooling their cut.
One reviewer @ Newegg said "This thing is a beast". he is right and i'll add to that and say that this PSU is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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